Trade designation for ‘Marleen Select‘
Heathers
‘John F. Letts’
Lavender (H3) flowers, IX–X; gold foliage in summer, turning bronze in autumn, then red and orange in winter; prostrate habit; height 10–15cm; spread 21–25cm. Very similar to ‘Golden Carpet‘.
Seedling in a bed of ‘Mrs Ronald Gray‘; found by John F. Letts (Foxhollow, Windlesham, Surrey, England) in 1960s; introduced by B. and V. Proudley (Aldenham Nursery, Watford, Hertfordshire) in 1968.
Named after the well-known heather nurseryman of Windlesham, Surrey.
‘Johnson’s Variety’
Lavender (H3) flowers, X–I; mid-green foliage; upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. An outstanding late-flowering ling found by Arthur Johnson near Hyères in southern France in February 1927.
‘Josefine’
White flowers, VIII–IX; bright green foliage; neat, erect, compact habit; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
A seedling introduced by K. Kramer (Edewecht-Süddorf, Germany) in 1993 from his extensive breeding programme.
Named after the sister-in-law of Anne Beirmann, friend of Kurt Kramer.
‘Joseph’s Coat’
White flowers, VIII–X; mid-green foliage; height 10–15cm; spread 26–30cm. The plant, when found on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, had spikes of pink and white flowers, hence its name, but this characteristic was soon lost.
Wild-collected; found in the Uig area on the wast coast of the Isle of Lewis in 1971 by William S. Dobson (Edinburgh, Scotland); introduced by J. Ponton (Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland) in 1972.
Name is an allusion to the pink and white flowers, and the loss of this characteristic; from the Biblical story.
‘Jos’s Lemon’
White flowers, VIII–IX; lemon-yellow foliage, becoming lemon-green in winter; broad, upright compact habit; height 31–45cm; spread 31–45cm. Registered 23 December 1993: J. G. Flecken, Kerkrade, Netherlands.
‘Jos’s Whitie’
White flowers, VIII–IX; dark green foliage, young shoots with light green tips in spring; dwarf with upright branches; height 10–15cm; spread 16–20cm. Seedling found by Jos Flecken in his garden at Kerkrade, Netherlands, in 1991.
‘Joy Vanstone’
Lavender (H3) flowers, VIII–IX; straw-coloured foliage in summer, turning orange in winter; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm. A beautiful but under-rated, plant.
Found by J. W. Sparkes (Beechwood Nursey, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire, England); introduced by J.W. Sparkes by 1963.
Named after Mrs Vanstone (Lowson Ford, Warwickshire), wife of Jack Vanstone, director of H.V. White, flower sellers, of Birmingham.
‘Julia’
Lavender flowers, VIII–IX; gold foliage in summer, turning orange with red tints in winter; compact, upright; height 26–30cm; spread 46–60cm.
‘Julie Ann Platt’
Lilac flowers, VIII–IX; grey-green foliage, young shoots tipped pink and yellow in spring; erect; height 21–25cm; spread 31–45cm.
Found by Jack Platt (Ulnes Walton, Leyland, Lancashire, England) before 1977.
Named after the finder’s daughter.